Phylogenomics resolves the etiology of dieback disease and deciphers Ceratocystis dalbergicans sp.nov., causal agent of Dalbergia sissoo decline
Dalbergia sissoo is one of the most economically important trees in forestry, agroforestry, and horticulture. This tree species is severely threatened by dieback. Widespread dieback outbreaks and infestations have drastically destroyed billions of D. sissoo trees. Hence, we attempted to resolve the...
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| description | Dalbergia sissoo is one of the most economically important trees in forestry, agroforestry, and horticulture. This tree species is severely threatened by dieback. Widespread dieback outbreaks and infestations have drastically destroyed billions of D. sissoo trees. Hence, we attempted to resolve the dieback etiology through phylogenomics associated with D. sissoo mortality. The Ceratocystis species was evaluated using morphologically investigated fungal isolates collected from dieback-affected tissue plants. Based on the symptomatology, we have differentiated dieback from Fusarium wilt and concluded that the Ceratocystis fimbriata sensu lato complex is causing shisham dieback in Pakistan. As the Ceratocystis species complex is a cryptic species complex, we used genomics and phylogenetic analysis for deciphering its evolutionary hierarchical order. The pathogen’s operational taxonomy was unlocked with the help of phylogenomics, and it was discovered that isolates from D. sissoo represent a species distinct from the other species in the C. fimbriata sensu lato species complex. The name Ceratocystis dalbergicans sp. nov. has been given to the fungus causing dieback disease in D. sissoo. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd906bd8447c4492968f57ee8fdc83092023-03-14T05:30:55ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Genetics1664-80212023-03-011410.3389/fgene.2023.11366881136688Phylogenomics resolves the etiology of dieback disease and deciphers Ceratocystis dalbergicans sp.nov., causal agent of Dalbergia sissoo declineImran Ul Haq0Siddra Ijaz1Muhammad Zunair Latif2Iqrar Ahmad Khan3Hayssam M. Ali4Sukhwinder Kaur5Department of Plant Pathology, The University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, PakistanCentre of Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, The University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, PakistanDepartment of Plant Pathology, The University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, PakistanInstitute of Horticultural Sciences, The University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, PakistanDepartment of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, CA, United StatesDalbergia sissoo is one of the most economically important trees in forestry, agroforestry, and horticulture. This tree species is severely threatened by dieback. Widespread dieback outbreaks and infestations have drastically destroyed billions of D. sissoo trees. Hence, we attempted to resolve the dieback etiology through phylogenomics associated with D. sissoo mortality. The Ceratocystis species was evaluated using morphologically investigated fungal isolates collected from dieback-affected tissue plants. Based on the symptomatology, we have differentiated dieback from Fusarium wilt and concluded that the Ceratocystis fimbriata sensu lato complex is causing shisham dieback in Pakistan. As the Ceratocystis species complex is a cryptic species complex, we used genomics and phylogenetic analysis for deciphering its evolutionary hierarchical order. The pathogen’s operational taxonomy was unlocked with the help of phylogenomics, and it was discovered that isolates from D. sissoo represent a species distinct from the other species in the C. fimbriata sensu lato species complex. The name Ceratocystis dalbergicans sp. nov. has been given to the fungus causing dieback disease in D. sissoo.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2023.1136688/fullnovel speciesfungidiebackCeratocystisDalbergia sissooconservation |
| spellingShingle | Imran Ul Haq Siddra Ijaz Muhammad Zunair Latif Iqrar Ahmad Khan Hayssam M. Ali Sukhwinder Kaur Phylogenomics resolves the etiology of dieback disease and deciphers Ceratocystis dalbergicans sp.nov., causal agent of Dalbergia sissoo decline Frontiers in Genetics novel species fungi dieback Ceratocystis Dalbergia sissoo conservation |
| title | Phylogenomics resolves the etiology of dieback disease and deciphers Ceratocystis dalbergicans sp.nov., causal agent of Dalbergia sissoo decline |
| title_full | Phylogenomics resolves the etiology of dieback disease and deciphers Ceratocystis dalbergicans sp.nov., causal agent of Dalbergia sissoo decline |
| title_fullStr | Phylogenomics resolves the etiology of dieback disease and deciphers Ceratocystis dalbergicans sp.nov., causal agent of Dalbergia sissoo decline |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phylogenomics resolves the etiology of dieback disease and deciphers Ceratocystis dalbergicans sp.nov., causal agent of Dalbergia sissoo decline |
| title_short | Phylogenomics resolves the etiology of dieback disease and deciphers Ceratocystis dalbergicans sp.nov., causal agent of Dalbergia sissoo decline |
| title_sort | phylogenomics resolves the etiology of dieback disease and deciphers ceratocystis dalbergicans sp nov causal agent of dalbergia sissoo decline |
| topic | novel species fungi dieback Ceratocystis Dalbergia sissoo conservation |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2023.1136688/full |
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